Malcolm Millichip
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If a bee knew beforehand that it would die if it stung someone do you think it would still do it ?
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Maybe they do. Maybe they're the suicide bombers of the insect world?
gripper stebson
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- Jul 27, 2004
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Dunno about that but I have just had the biggest and loudest bee I have ever seen enter my flat! It was about and inch and a half long and had black spider legs. Enormous bloody thing.
Obviously I ran around like a girl and hid in the kitchen!
Obviously I ran around like a girl and hid in the kitchen!
Ulloa's Soul Patch
The Cyclone!
Yes, bees are a species of pride. If you're going down might as go down with a sting
Malcolm Millichip
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Maybe, but would there be 70 virgin bees in heaven waiting for them though ?
Do bees even go to heaven ?
The Large One
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They're not bees - they're bluebottles in rugby jerseys.
Twinkle Toes
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Actually, I think I came across a fuzzy Bumbler that did know the consequences a few years ago. I accidentally put my hand on a Bee whilst lounging on a friend's lawn & I felt the simultaneous fuzz & sting on my mitt. I expected to see a half-Bee & sting in my hand, but the clever lil' thing had decided to stay attached to it's thorney bit. I then very carefully managed to grip the creature & it's sting at the same time; dislodged it from my palm & popped it onto the grass. Remarkably, it bumbled off on its merry way a couple of seconds later & all was right with the world once more. Lovely stuff. 
Philzo-93
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Actually, I think I came across a fuzzy Bumbler that did know the consequences a few years ago. I accidentally put my hand on a Bee whilst lounging on a friend's lawn & I felt the simultaneous fuzz & sting on my mitt. I expected to see a half-Bee & sting in my hand, but the clever lil' thing had decided to stay attached to it's thorney bit. I then very carefully managed to grip the creature & it's sting at the same time; dislodged it from my palm & popped it onto the grass. Remarkably, it bumbled off on its merry way a couple of seconds later & all was right with the world once more. Lovely stuff.
Slow day at work
Nibble
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There are about 37 varieties of bee in the UK and to my knowledge only 1 of them die when they sting and even that is a partial truth. The worker honey bee has a barbed sting which can break of in the thick skin of some mammals, taking half the bee's abdomen with it. Mostly it can retract and fly off happily. All other species of bee have smooth, straight stings which can pull out easily causing no harm to the bee.
KZNSeagull
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If the bees that attacked me and my puppy are anything to go by, then yes they most certainly will! Bee *******s!
turienzo's lovechild
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yes because they make honey
Twinkle Toes
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Slow day at work
Not working today, so I thought I'd just share a heart-warming lil' story. I'm delighted you enjoyed it so much.
- Jul 7, 2003
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Well I for one welcome our new insect overlords.
Twinkle Toes
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gripper stebson
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Quality Brockman reference there EK!
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KZNSeagull
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Are they controlled from the moon (which is not a moon, but a giant death star like thingy)?
- Jul 7, 2003
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supaseagull
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They would do anything for the good of the hive.
dougdeep
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We get tunneling bees over here, never seem to hurt any thing but make holes in the steeper parts of the lawn.